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file:///Y|/Newsletters/Creative%20Classroom/The%20Creative%20Classroom%20(Summer%202013).htm[8/28/2013 11:31:27 AM]
From: Oklahoma Arts Council <okarts@arts.ok.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 6:00 AM
To: gphillips@oltn.odl.state.ok.us
Subject: The Creative Classroom (Summer 2013)
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New Fine Arts Standards:
What Do They Mean for
Oklahoma Teachers?
by Renee Boone, Director of Arts Education Programs
This past July, Oklahoma Arts Council staff members were pleased to have
a presence at the State Department of Education's Vision 20/20 conference
in Oklahoma City. During the conference we were able to talk to teachers
and administrators from communities throughout the state who shared stories of how they are incorporating the arts
into their lessons in non-arts subjects because their school does not have an art teacher on staff.
→ Incorporate the arts into your classroom with this activity.
A few weeks after the Vision 20/20 conference, the Oklahoma State Department of Education released the C3
standards for visual arts and music. Oklahoma public schools with strong art and music programs are likely
already implementing many of the guidelines, but for faculty in schools that lack fine arts staff, the new standards
provide a jumping off point for offering quality arts instruction within social studies, math, language arts, and science
curriculum.
The visual arts and music standards are each divided into four sections. For visual arts those sections
are Presenting, Responding, Creating, and Connecting. The music sections include Responding,
Connecting, Performing, and Creating. While the approach is slightly different between the two disciplines, both
emphasize:
1. The student's ability to communicate confidently about art
2. Cross-disciplinary study that seeks to understand art within its cultural context
3. Creative problem-solving
The full text of the 2013 Fine Arts Standards for Oklahoma can be accessed at the Oklahoma State
Department of Education’s website. Here are brief descriptions of the standards:
Visual Arts Standards
Presenting addresses the language of art, including vocabulary and principles of art and design. Students
should be able to carefully and knowledgably answer the question, “What do I see?” This is an essential
beginning in arts education and allows students to see and understand detail in a work of art.
Responding looks at art through historical and cultural lenses. A work of art can be a point of entrance for
examining a moment in history, an unfamiliar culture, philosophical perspectives, and common experiences.
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file:///Y|/Newsletters/Creative%20Classroom/The%20Creative%20Classroom%20(Summer%202013).htm[8/28/2013 11:31:27 AM]
From: Oklahoma Arts Council
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 6:00 AM
To: gphillips@oltn.odl.state.ok.us
Subject: The Creative Classroom (Summer 2013)
If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online.
New Fine Arts Standards:
What Do They Mean for
Oklahoma Teachers?
by Renee Boone, Director of Arts Education Programs
This past July, Oklahoma Arts Council staff members were pleased to have
a presence at the State Department of Education's Vision 20/20 conference
in Oklahoma City. During the conference we were able to talk to teachers
and administrators from communities throughout the state who shared stories of how they are incorporating the arts
into their lessons in non-arts subjects because their school does not have an art teacher on staff.
→ Incorporate the arts into your classroom with this activity.
A few weeks after the Vision 20/20 conference, the Oklahoma State Department of Education released the C3
standards for visual arts and music. Oklahoma public schools with strong art and music programs are likely
already implementing many of the guidelines, but for faculty in schools that lack fine arts staff, the new standards
provide a jumping off point for offering quality arts instruction within social studies, math, language arts, and science
curriculum.
The visual arts and music standards are each divided into four sections. For visual arts those sections
are Presenting, Responding, Creating, and Connecting. The music sections include Responding,
Connecting, Performing, and Creating. While the approach is slightly different between the two disciplines, both
emphasize:
1. The student's ability to communicate confidently about art
2. Cross-disciplinary study that seeks to understand art within its cultural context
3. Creative problem-solving
The full text of the 2013 Fine Arts Standards for Oklahoma can be accessed at the Oklahoma State
Department of Education’s website. Here are brief descriptions of the standards:
Visual Arts Standards
Presenting addresses the language of art, including vocabulary and principles of art and design. Students
should be able to carefully and knowledgably answer the question, “What do I see?” This is an essential
beginning in arts education and allows students to see and understand detail in a work of art.
Responding looks at art through historical and cultural lenses. A work of art can be a point of entrance for
examining a moment in history, an unfamiliar culture, philosophical perspectives, and common experiences.
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